Cantankerous Wisdom: Homemade Fire Trucks, Part 1
A homemade fire truck has been called shop-built, department-built, built in house, repurposed, and/or modified in house.
Haughton (LA) FD Puts Ferrara Rescue-Pumper in Service
The department went with Ferrara because the manufacturer had a stock rig coming off the production line that it modified into a rescue-pumper for Haughton.
Little Rock (AR) FD Gets Three Oshkosh Striker 4×4 ARFF Trucks
Two of the Striker ARFF trucks carry roof and bumper turrets, while the third Striker has a high-volume low-attack (HVLA) bumper turret.
Logos, Patches, and Pride — Chicago Style
The Great Chicago Fire destroyed an area about four miles long and a mile wide, which was a large portion of the city at that…
Bentonville (AR) FD Gets E-ONE Titan 4×4 AT ARFF Truck
Bentonville Fire had been responding to calls at Thaden Field with a couple of rapid intervention units built on Ford F-550 chassis.
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FA Volume 30, Issue 2
Read the features and news on fire trucks and fire equipment from the February 2025 issue of Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazine.
FA Volume 30, Issue 1
Read the features and news on fire trucks and fire equipment from the January 2025 issue of Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazine.
FA Volume 29, Issue 12
Read the features and news on fire trucks and fire equipment from the November 2024 issue of Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazine.
Glendale (KY) FD Apparatus Struck at Accident Scene on I-65
When a Glendale fire apparatus stopped to check on a vehicle off the roadway, it was struck by a spinning passenger car.
Fire Apparatus of the Day: Feb. 13, 2025
Check out this Lawrence (NE) Fire Department brush/rescue by Weis Fire.
Springfield (OH) Takes Delivery of First Two of Three New Pumpers
The Springfield (OH) Fire Department pushed into service new Engine 5 during a ceremony at the old Station 5.
East Haven (CT) FD Pumper Struck in Hit-And-Run Incident
The collision caused significant front end damage to Engine 4. No firefighters were injured.
Fire Apparatus of the Day: Feb. 12, 2025
Check out this El Mirage (AZ) Fire Department pumper by HME Ahrens-Fox.
Oil Company Donates Land to Midland (TX) for Future Fire Station
MIDLAND, Texas (Feb. 11, 2025) — Occidental (Oxy), one of the largest oil and gas companies in the Permian Basin, will donate 4½ acres of…
New Braunfels (TX) FD Adds Double-Company Station
The department used a previously developed prototype design to build Fire Station 7 at the front of the city’s municipal utility complex.
Clayton County (GA) Breaks Ground on New Fire Headquarters, New Station No. 1
Clayton County, Georgia broke ground on a new $11.4 million Fire Headquarters and a replacement facility for Fire Station No. 1.
Fayette County (WV) Commission Approves New VFD
The Fayette County Commission gave the green light Thursday to the creation of a new volunteer fire department in the county.
Camas OKs Consultant Contract for New Camas-Washougal (WA) Fire Station Headquarters
Camas officials this week approved a $2.3 million consultant contract that will jumpstart work on replacement of the Camas-Washougal Fire Department fire station headquarters.